Who's Viewed Me ? - increasing emails?

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Registered: 05-16-2004
Who's Viewed Me ? - increasing emails?
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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 5:22am

Do you find that if you view Match profiles now that the people you have viewed are more likely to either wink or email you?


It seems that I hear from perhaps roughly 1 in 10 or 20 where I've reviewed the profile. So in that respect (assuming it is a good profile) - the "who's viewed me" seems like a very useful tool.


For some reason more people are also emailing AFTER winking -- I think Match must have put in a system that prods people to email after they've sent a wink.

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Registered: 05-28-2005
Wed, 06-15-2005 - 6:32am
I agree, I really like this feature (please don't hit me). Sometimes I view people that otherwise may not see me (out of their immediate area, haven't viewed enough pages, etc) so it does sort of increase your exposure.
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Registered: 05-16-2004
Wed, 06-15-2005 - 6:38am
I find that I never view someone while logged in -- unless I'm somewhat interested in their profile. If I'm not sure I logout and view the profile by typing their name into the SEARCH box (which lets you view them without logging in)....
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Registered: 08-07-2003
Wed, 06-15-2005 - 10:15am

"For some reason more people are also emailing AFTER winking -- I think Match must have put in a system that prods people to email after they've sent a wink."

Match has been like that for awhile - after you send a wink it says, why not also send an email to increase your chances of getting a response. Personally, I always found it weird to receive a wink and an email from the guy at the same time. Not a dealbreaker, just a little odd.

Funny that you are getting responses from people after viewing them. It looks like the hierarchy of showing interest online has a new level -

*email if you are a subscriber and really intersted
*wink if you are not a subscriber - or just like the picture
*view someone's profile - the most watered down expression of interest, you liked their profile just enough to click but not enough to expend the energy of winking ;)

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 06-15-2005 - 10:26am

Despite libra's success with contacting someone who'd viewed her but didn't otherwise contact her, I still feel strongly that if someone views me and doesn't contact me, I'm not going to give him another opportunity to reject me!

And if he really *is* interested but can't even be bothered to wink--well, that's just *wrong* on so many levels!

Sheri

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Registered: 08-07-2003
Wed, 06-15-2005 - 11:01am

I agree with you, but I would not view it as a rejection if someone looks at your profile and doesn't wink/email you. It could be a rejection, or it could be a lack of sufficient interest to take action - i.e., the equivalent of looking at someone across a crowded room and then looking away, and not winking or smiling or going over to say hello.

But I agree with you, if someone views your profile but doesn't contact you, the odds are good that if you contact him your wink/email will be ignored.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 06-15-2005 - 11:07am

Rejection, lack of sufficient interest...same thing ;-). Bottom line is, they didn't think I was worth contacting based on my profile. And that's FINE, I do the same thing all the time, it's the nature of the beast. I've already lost the beauty contest though; why would I put myself in a position to do that *again* by sending a wink or email?

Sheri

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Registered: 08-19-2004
Wed, 06-15-2005 - 11:49am

Because then you might be the lucky winner of one of those "keep looking" canned responses!
I know they shouldn't bum me out, but they do...